1. Who is the person being interviewed? The person being interviewed is George Dodge.
2. What is his title or position? He is a mason and a carpenter by trade
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a seventy year old Yankee male.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview takes place in Worthington, Massachusetts.
5. What is the date of the interview? The date of the interview is January 24,1939.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Rosalie Smith.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Part one (B)
This picture represents the great depression because it shows that this family is poor. They live in a very cramped in space, and all of the children don't have enough clothes. The grandmother is attending to all of them, and the baby is crying. There is not that much furniture in the house. Also, there is a picture of a man and a woman (probably the mother and the father) and the girl is staring at it which means that they might have passed away. This is how it was like for a lot of African American families during the great depression.
Image, Source: digital file from T01 duplicate negative
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:6:./temp/~ammem_1Lx2::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8c52064:@@@
Observe:
What do you notice first? I notice the three african americans all sitting on the bench.
Describe what you see: I see four homeless african americans all sitting outside of the Coca-Cola store, and an unattended mail cart.
What is the physical setting? The setting takes in Selma Alabama outside of a Coca-Cola store.
Reflect:
Whats happening in the image? Four african americans are all sitting on a bench outside a Coca-Cola store.
If someone made this today, what would be different? There would be more people, cars, and the Coca-Cola store would be a stand or a restraunt.
What would be the same? The homeless people on the bench would probably still be there.
Question:
Who are the people, how did they lose all of their money, and why are they all sitting outside of the Coca-Cola store?
Alabama-Eutaw
Image, Source: intermediary roll film
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:5:./temp/~ammem_2pAD::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8b29687:@@@
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see three people hoeing a large field full of crops.
How are they arranged? There is a woman on the left, and two men on the right. They are all wearing hats, and are working hard.
What other details can you see? I can see a row of X's at the bottom to show that the workers have already planted in that area. Also, there are some very far trees in the backround to show how large the feild is.
Reflect:
Who do you think was the audience for this image? The audience for this image was the people after the depression so that they could know what people had to do to get money during the depression.
What can you learn from examining this image? The people had a lot of crops to hoe in the field just to get a small amount of money.
What's missing from this image? More details about the farms that they are working at, and how poor they were.
Question:
Who owns the farm they are working on, What are they planting, and how much money do they get paid per day?
Alabama-Greensboro
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:18:./temp/~ammem_cnmo::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a35834:@@@
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see three african american boys looking out from their front porch.
What do you notice first? I first notice how dirty their clothes are, and how depressed they look.
What is the physical setting? The front of their house.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? It was made to show the feelings of african american families that were affeced by the depression.
Who do you think was the audience for this image? The people in the south who did not care for african americans.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that this family did not have enough money for a lot of their necessities.
Question:
How were they affected by the depression, when was this picture taken, and where are their other family members?
Part Two (B)
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a34404)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a34404
Observe:
Describe what you see: An african american sleeping underneath a truck.
How are they arranged? The african man is lying down asleep right before the last two tires of the truck.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is on a dirt road near the woods.
Reflect:
Why do you think this photo was made? To show the cruelty of racial segregation.
What's happening in the image? Somebody put a sleeping african american underneath a truck due to racism.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that it was meant to be a joke to the people who put him there.
Question:
What other things did this man do to make the men who put him there do it, who was he, did he survive, and where did this happen?
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
Observe:
What do you notice first? I notice the two african americans locked outside the gate to a county fair.
What people and objects are shown? There is a lot of people and tents inside of the county fair.
What is the physical setting? The county fair has a lot of grass, tents, and it has a ferris wheel.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? It was made to show the harshness of racial segregation.
Who do you think the audience was for this image? I think that the audience for this image is anybody who does not understand how harsh racism was back then.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that it was very hard for african americans to do anything due to racial issues.
Questions:
What year was this picture taken, who are the two boys by the gate, and why does nobody inside the fair see them?
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a41115)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a41115
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see the entrance of a movie house that has colored rules.
What do you notice first? I noticed the big Dr. Pepper sign.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is a man walking up the colored steps to the movie theater.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? To show people how african americans were split up from other people.
Who do you think was the audience for this image? People who do not understand the strictness of societys laws against african americans at the time.
If someone made this today, what would be different? There would only be one entrance for both colored and white.
Questions:
Where does this take place, When was this picture taken, and who is that man walking?
Part three (A)
A lot of people with a lot of different occupations all have different opinions on their jobs during the depression. Some of the people perferred their jobs, and some of them want a different job. All of the jobs had a different issue that the people either didn't like, or grew accostomed to. One of those people was an iron worker named Chris Thorsten. Thorsten was asked in an interview how dangerous the job was. His reply said, "you ain't an iron worker unless you got killed," meaning that Iron workers got hurt all of the time. He had gotten hurt once by breaking four ribs in his body which took four years for him to recover from. Another person was a packing house worker named Anna Novak. She did not like her job because the foreman at her workplace made her and the other workers bring them presents and bottles on the holidays. Jim Cole was another packing house worker who worked as a butcher for twenty years but was denied a higher position because he was african american. Another person, who worked at Eddies bar, disliked the location they lived in in New York. He disliked it because of how poor people had to live out in the cold along with all of the violence of the city. Lastly, one of the only people who actually liked their job was a mill worker named Alice Caudle. She said that she had worked it since he was ten, and that she was there when the technology changed from the spinner to the winding machines.
Crawford Ellis
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The name of the person being interviewed is Crawford Ellis.
2. What is his title or position? He was given the place of auditor and now has hopes about becoming a Steamer.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a 24 year old man from Alabama.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview is taking place in Dallas County, Alabama.
5. What is the date of the interview? unknown.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Mildred Thrash.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Jesse Owens
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The person being interviewed is Jesse Owens.
2. What is his title or position? He is a famous runner.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a 25 year old African American male.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview is taking place in Cleveland, Ohio.
5. What is the date of the interview? The date of the interview is April 22, 1939.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Rhussus L. Perry.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
The name of the person being interviewed is Crawford Ellis. He was given the place of auditor and now has hopes about becoming a Steamer.
He is a 24 year old man from Alabama. The interview is taking place in Dallas County, Alabama. The interviewer is Mildred Thrash. The person being interviewed is Jesse Owens. He is a famous runner. He is a 25 year old African American male. The interview is taking place in Cleveland, Ohio. The date of the interview is April 22, 1939. The interviewer is Rhussus L. Perry.
Part four
The sad town of Milltown, Alabama was always a disgrace;
equally divided, it has never been a very nice place;
the white race is given all privileges';
the blacks are given few.
Separate entrances of buildings are required;
black children are left out of events;
Racial terror sweeps through the town;
while the privileged could care less.
Segregation fills this place;
it is undoubtedly corrupted by it;
there is no sign of it stopping;
you would be surprised of the much needed change;
If change were ever to come, the time is far from near;
the whites' days remain with cheer;
the blacks' days remain with fear;
Should this day come, Milltown may be more happy;
but until then, the days remain cruel to the blacks.
Part one (A)
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The person being interviewed is George Dodge.
2. What is his title or position? He is a mason and a carpenter by trade3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a seventy year old Yankee male.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview takes place in Worthington, Massachusetts.
5. What is the date of the interview? The date of the interview is January 24,1939.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Rosalie Smith.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Part one (B)
This picture represents the great depression because it shows that this family is poor. They live in a very cramped in space, and all of the children don't have enough clothes. The grandmother is attending to all of them, and the baby is crying. There is not that much furniture in the house. Also, there is a picture of a man and a woman (probably the mother and the father) and the girl is staring at it which means that they might have passed away. This is how it was like for a lot of African American families during the great depression.
http://arttattler.com/Images/NorthAmerica/Missouri/St.%20Louis/St.%20Louis%20Art%20Museum/Gordon%20Parks/GordonParksFSA.jpg
Part Two (A)
Alabama-Dallas country-Selma
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:6:./temp/~ammem_1Lx2::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8c52064:@@@
Observe:
What do you notice first? I notice the three african americans all sitting on the bench.
Describe what you see: I see four homeless african americans all sitting outside of the Coca-Cola store, and an unattended mail cart.
What is the physical setting? The setting takes in Selma Alabama outside of a Coca-Cola store.
Reflect:
Whats happening in the image? Four african americans are all sitting on a bench outside a Coca-Cola store.
If someone made this today, what would be different? There would be more people, cars, and the Coca-Cola store would be a stand or a restraunt.
What would be the same? The homeless people on the bench would probably still be there.
Question:
Who are the people, how did they lose all of their money, and why are they all sitting outside of the Coca-Cola store?
Alabama-Eutaw
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:5:./temp/~ammem_2pAD::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8b29687:@@@
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see three people hoeing a large field full of crops.
How are they arranged? There is a woman on the left, and two men on the right. They are all wearing hats, and are working hard.
What other details can you see? I can see a row of X's at the bottom to show that the workers have already planted in that area. Also, there are some very far trees in the backround to show how large the feild is.
Reflect:
Who do you think was the audience for this image? The audience for this image was the people after the depression so that they could know what people had to do to get money during the depression.
What can you learn from examining this image? The people had a lot of crops to hoe in the field just to get a small amount of money.
What's missing from this image? More details about the farms that they are working at, and how poor they were.
Question:
Who owns the farm they are working on, What are they planting, and how much money do they get paid per day?
Alabama-Greensboro
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall:18:./temp/~ammem_cnmo::displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a35834:@@@
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see three african american boys looking out from their front porch.
What do you notice first? I first notice how dirty their clothes are, and how depressed they look.
What is the physical setting? The front of their house.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? It was made to show the feelings of african american families that were affeced by the depression.
Who do you think was the audience for this image? The people in the south who did not care for african americans.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that this family did not have enough money for a lot of their necessities.
Question:
How were they affected by the depression, when was this picture taken, and where are their other family members?
Part Two (B)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a34404)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a34404
Observe:
Describe what you see: An african american sleeping underneath a truck.
How are they arranged? The african man is lying down asleep right before the last two tires of the truck.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is on a dirt road near the woods.
Reflect:
Why do you think this photo was made? To show the cruelty of racial segregation.
What's happening in the image? Somebody put a sleeping african american underneath a truck due to racism.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that it was meant to be a joke to the people who put him there.
Question:
What other things did this man do to make the men who put him there do it, who was he, did he survive, and where did this happen?
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a37082)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a37082
Observe:
What do you notice first? I notice the two african americans locked outside the gate to a county fair.
What people and objects are shown? There is a lot of people and tents inside of the county fair.
What is the physical setting? The county fair has a lot of grass, tents, and it has a ferris wheel.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? It was made to show the harshness of racial segregation.
Who do you think the audience was for this image? I think that the audience for this image is anybody who does not understand how harsh racism was back then.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that it was very hard for african americans to do anything due to racial issues.
Questions:
What year was this picture taken, who are the two boys by the gate, and why does nobody inside the fair see them?
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a41115)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a41115
Observe:
Describe what you see: I see the entrance of a movie house that has colored rules.
What do you notice first? I noticed the big Dr. Pepper sign.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is a man walking up the colored steps to the movie theater.
Reflect:
Why do you think this image was made? To show people how african americans were split up from other people.
Who do you think was the audience for this image? People who do not understand the strictness of societys laws against african americans at the time.
If someone made this today, what would be different? There would only be one entrance for both colored and white.
Questions:
Where does this take place, When was this picture taken, and who is that man walking?
Part three (A)
A lot of people with a lot of different occupations all have different opinions on their jobs during the depression. Some of the people perferred their jobs, and some of them want a different job. All of the jobs had a different issue that the people either didn't like, or grew accostomed to. One of those people was an iron worker named Chris Thorsten. Thorsten was asked in an interview how dangerous the job was. His reply said, "you ain't an iron worker unless you got killed," meaning that Iron workers got hurt all of the time. He had gotten hurt once by breaking four ribs in his body which took four years for him to recover from. Another person was a packing house worker named Anna Novak. She did not like her job because the foreman at her workplace made her and the other workers bring them presents and bottles on the holidays. Jim Cole was another packing house worker who worked as a butcher for twenty years but was denied a higher position because he was african american. Another person, who worked at Eddies bar, disliked the location they lived in in New York. He disliked it because of how poor people had to live out in the cold along with all of the violence of the city. Lastly, one of the only people who actually liked their job was a mill worker named Alice Caudle. She said that she had worked it since he was ten, and that she was there when the technology changed from the spinner to the winding machines.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manbar.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.html
Part three (B)
Crawford Ellis
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The name of the person being interviewed is Crawford Ellis.
2. What is his title or position? He was given the place of auditor and now has hopes about becoming a Steamer.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a 24 year old man from Alabama.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview is taking place in Dallas County, Alabama.
5. What is the date of the interview? unknown.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Mildred Thrash.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Jesse Owens
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The person being interviewed is Jesse Owens.
2. What is his title or position? He is a famous runner.
3. What is his race, gender, and age? He is a 25 year old African American male.
4. Where is the Interview taking place? The interview is taking place in Cleveland, Ohio.
5. What is the date of the interview? The date of the interview is April 22, 1939.
6. Who is the interviewer? The interviewer is Rhussus L. Perry.
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpa:5:./temp/~ammem_mls8::
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpa:11:./temp/~ammem_mls8::
The name of the person being interviewed is Crawford Ellis. He was given the place of auditor and now has hopes about becoming a Steamer.
He is a 24 year old man from Alabama. The interview is taking place in Dallas County, Alabama. The interviewer is Mildred Thrash. The person being interviewed is Jesse Owens. He is a famous runner. He is a 25 year old African American male. The interview is taking place in Cleveland, Ohio. The date of the interview is April 22, 1939. The interviewer is Rhussus L. Perry.
Part four
The sad town of Milltown, Alabama was always a disgrace;
equally divided, it has never been a very nice place;
the white race is given all privileges';
the blacks are given few.
Separate entrances of buildings are required;
black children are left out of events;
Racial terror sweeps through the town;
while the privileged could care less.
Segregation fills this place;
it is undoubtedly corrupted by it;
there is no sign of it stopping;
you would be surprised of the much needed change;
If change were ever to come, the time is far from near;
the whites' days remain with cheer;
the blacks' days remain with fear;
Should this day come, Milltown may be more happy;
but until then, the days remain cruel to the blacks.